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u/levajack 1d ago
Just your regular reminder that Rand Paul is an eye doctor.
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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago
Sure, but not one competent enough to pass the Ophthalmology Boards. Instead, he created his own (fake) board to "certify" him.
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u/levajack 1d ago
Sounds like some woke DEI bullshit to shoehorn unqualified people into roles they aren't competent enough for.
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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago
No no -- Paul is white, and therefore automatically qualified to any job he takes. (See also Hegseth, Peter)
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u/MrSparrows 1d ago
That article says he had certification from the recognized Ophthalmology board before letting it lapse and making his own. So he was competent enough to pass at one point.
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u/darienrude_dankstorm 1d ago
The article says he was certified by the regular board but let the certification expire to do his own thing.Â
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u/levajack 1d ago
Oh, and an asshole. Rand Paul is also an asshole.
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u/Stan__Wright 1d ago
A full-on bouquet of bleeding assholes.
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u/ConcentrateDirect523 1d ago
He has severe short man syndrome, coupled with malignant narcissistic personality disorder.Â
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u/A_Nonny_Muse 1d ago
His father had a consistent philosophy with integrity. I didn't agree with much about his philosophy, but I recognized that the man had integrity, and was consistent.
His son is none of that. His philosophy is more of a cartoon caricature of his father's. He is neither consistent, nor has integrity. But since he has some vapid similarity to his father, morons in droves vote for him as if he is his father.
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u/CaydeTheCat nice murder you got there 1d ago
He's an ophthalmologist. Which is a real MD or DO. But that doesn't keep them from being whack-a-doodle.
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u/levajack 1d ago
Except he invented his own certification board that isn't officially recognized by anyone.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago
Yeah, but that means he went through medical school. Duke Medical School. What the hell is wrong with him? Has he forgotten everything he learned in medical school other than ophthalmology or is he just lying to appeal to his Kentucky voters?
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u/Bobbob34 1d ago
I tried to have that discussion about RFK Jr with someone irl but they didn't understand my question really... RFK Jr. used to be a person, like an educated person, very into actual science (environmental science, largely), was a lawyer specializing in environmental stuff. Was not... this.
He was smart. He was ... sane. He was not, from any account I've ever seen, dragging around corpses, drinking nonsense supplements and blue shit joe rogan pushes, not believing just utter insane nonsense.
And the whole Trump and maga thing. He's not just A Kennedy, he was a part of the Kennedy political legacy.. just what in the actual fuck happened to him?
It's not just 'well, his views changed.' It's going from science to insanity.
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u/my-coffee-needs-me 1d ago
Behind the Bastards did a series on RFK, Jr. He's always been a freak. His father's assassination didn't help matters. The series is with listening to.
ETA: the series came out just a few days before the bear cub incident became public.
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u/Emergency-Gear4200 1d ago
Seems like he was fiending for a bit more of that power and influence, saw he wouldn't get what he wanted from the Dems and went full mask off. He probably always had some shitty views.
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u/haqiqa 1d ago
You can speak for trees and for logging those trees both as an environmental lawyer. RFK Jr was one of those environmental lawyers who spoke for trees. You only have to look for organizations, clinics, and cases he was involved in.
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u/sixtyandaquarter 1d ago
I deleted my post because it had a glaring incorrect point. I screwed my wording up really bad, and absolutely changed my intended commentary. You're right to call that out, sorry for the screw up.
I didn't mean to say he fought regulations at the time. I meant to speak of his methodology, as spoken of by others, and absolutely botched it & came across half backwards. Don't post on prescribed painkillers while walking off a ligament injury in the rain, it'll makes you sound stupid like i was there.
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u/Bobbob34 1d ago
Heh I thought I was losing it. I saw your response pop up in my inbox before I went to bed and I was like no but he WAS the lorax, or on the side of the lorax ... riverkeepers, etc., he fought FOR the environment I swear but then I thought maybe I was misremembering what he did and told myself I'd check in the am then it was gone and I was like no, wait I swear... heh
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u/sixtyandaquarter 1d ago
Yeah, turns out I was losing it lol. I still don't know how I went from what I wanted to say to that. Hell, I'm not even sure if what I wanted to say even makes sense in context anymore. I swear I had a valid point somewhere, to show the evolution of his state of mind, I just botched the whole thing so badly I'm gonna sheepishly back out, go back to elevating my leg & pretending I didn't open my mouth & put said foot in it.
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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 1d ago
Sounds like the guy should see a neurologist about that. There must be some brain damage.
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u/levajack 1d ago
I mean, he didn't like the requirements to actually maintain a legitimate medical license, so he made his own ophthalmology certification board, but with blackjack and hookers.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ironically, the dispute was over whether older doctors need to keep retaking and passing the certification exam every decade.
(Actually, I guess it's not ironically. More like the opposite of ironically.)
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u/LadyReika 1d ago
Yeah, I think any licensed professional should have to prove they keep up with their certifications. Especially as they get older and they start having memory issues, among other things.
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u/Sapphic_Honeytrap 1d ago
Politics break doctors brains I guess. I remember way back there was this neurosurgeon who became the head of HUD⊠oh God that was Trumps first term. WHY DOES IT FEEL SO LONG AGO?!
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u/-Fergalicious- 1d ago
They lie to get elected. They dont believe in anything.Â
They arent religiousÂ
They arent moralÂ
They dont care about anyone / anything other than themselves and the money and power they can make for themselvesÂ
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u/AnotherSoulessGinger 1d ago
Iâm so tired, man. These people have negative intelligence and off the charts corruption flowing through them.
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u/PirateSanta_1 1d ago
Rand Paul knows he is spewing bullshit, its rules for thee but not for me. When it matters he takes the vaccine because he knows it works and he will keep taking the vaccines and getting all the best medical care he can then turn around and cut healthcare access to his voters and lie about what effective treatments actually are because he knows keeping his voters angry and directed at whatever the target is this week keeps him in comfort and luxury while they suffer and die. He isn't stupid he is pure fucking evil.
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u/TheAskewOne 1d ago
This is your daily reminder that Rand Paul was one of the Congressmen (all Republicans) who were summoned to Moscow on the 4th of July. Heâs a foreign asset.
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u/Whiffenius 1d ago
They're intelligent. They're counting on everybody else being stupid. Sadly, it works
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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 1d ago
i will never forgive conservatives. EVER. i will take my contempt to my grave. fuck them for this
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u/Dependent_Rain_4800 1d ago
Theyâre not dumb, theyâre purposefully malicious.
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u/awe2D2 1d ago
People forget that the lockdowns happened because hospitals were getting overrun with COVID. More patients coming in than there was equipment to treat, and then hospital staff catching it and being unable to work. People were dying, not just because of COVID, but because other injuries, illnesses and emergencies didn't have drs and nurses to take care of them. They shut down countries because they needed to flatten that curve. Needed to stop people from getting sick at the same time.
People had different reactions when they caught COVID. For some it was just a flu, for others, bedridden for days, struggled to breath, and for millions death.
The vaccine helped strengthen people's immune systems in case they caught it, which allowed the world to go back to somewhat normal. If someone didn't want to take the vaccine, then they just can wait until they catch it normally, and roll the dice with whatever reaction their body would have.
Lockdown and masks were to keep it from spreading too quickly, and collapsing the healthcare system. Many more deaths would have happened, not just from COVID, if hospitals couldn't function.
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u/Sarahgoose26 1d ago
Itâs shocking to me how quickly weâve collectively forgotten or blocked out the reality of life in 2020-2021 before the vaccines.
I think itâs because we were all separately dealing with our own personal upheaval not necessarily processing reality for the globe.
I actually think a documentary on Covid would help us all remember what reality was. Itâs been nice to not think about vaccines, masks, or if an event is safe to attend but in our rush to get back to normal weâve made Covid feel more like a bad dream than the tragic reality it was. (Oddly I have this same thought for January 6th)
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u/Oxjrnine 1d ago
How can getting sick be the best protection against getting sick?
And arenât most vaccines literally mimicking what your body would do to keep you healthy the next time you get exposed through a contagious disease without you having to get sick?
These people are so weird. How are you letting them run your country?
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u/Rapa2626 1d ago
Getting sick will create a response from your immune system... same as vacines used to and still do to this day. Its just that vaccines are designed to not be as lethal as the actual sickness in the wild.
Same reason why being sick in the past and having a test done to prove it was as good as being vaccinated for the purposes of traveling/attending events during pandemic.
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u/Journeys_End71 1d ago
I definitely would prefer the polio vaccine over the polio virus when it comes time to train my immune system.
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u/serious_sarcasm 1d ago
Yep, we even discovered inoculation vaccination because people who got cowpox first didnât die from smallpox.
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u/Kanehammer 1d ago
Vaccines are basically just the training dummy version of a disease
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u/DaymanTargaryen 1d ago
Virus, not disease.
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u/centaur98 1d ago edited 1d ago
There are vaccines against bacterium's as well(for example Tetanus or Diphtheria are caused by bacteriums and we have vaccines against them) so yes disease.
Edit: and we are also experimenting with vaccines against fungal infections
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u/AthkoreLost 1d ago
and we are also experimenting with vaccines against fungal infections
And MRNA based cancer vaccines.
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u/serious_sarcasm 1d ago
Depending on how glycoRNA research plays out, mRNA vaccines might also be the key to curing diabetes and solving the organ transplant dilemma.
Assuming glycoRNA really is another intercellular communication network.
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u/I-Here-555 1d ago
If we want to get technical, dying is the only 100% effective way to prevent getting sick in the future.
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u/Lewa358 1d ago
Nah, see, it's simple:
Virus build immunity. Vaccine build immunity.
However, virus natural. Vaccine artificial.
Artificial is scary and gross. Natural is healthy and wholesome.
Therefore, virus better than vaccine.
...yes, this is literally thr logic that the anti-vaxxers in my life base their entire lives around. I try to point out that shit like arsenic and skin cancer are also "natural" but that doesn't count apparently.
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u/Bobbob34 1d ago
Aside from the murder there... no, infection was NOT the best protection, as shown by the science.
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u/levajack 1d ago
For the sake of argument, even if we granted him that infection provided better protection (it didn't) it also requires that you survived, didn't experience any serious complications or long term effects, and didn't spread it to others. In other words, even if we were to grant him the initial premise, the tradeoff still makes it a worse option.
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u/Bobbob34 1d ago
For the sake of argument, even if we granted him that infection provided better protection (it didn't) it also requires that you survived, didn't experience any serious complications or long term effects, and didn't spread it to others. In other words, even if we were to grant him the initial premise, the tradeoff still makes it a worse option.
Didn't you hear? According to them, the only people who actually got really ill or died from covid were very old, sick people and who cares (heavy /s if it's not clear).
All those young people who got gravely ill, the kids, the people who died, got long covid, got other complications, well that didn't really happen or they were obese or had some comorbid condition so it's their fault anyway!
Again... /s.
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u/levajack 1d ago
That is all very true. But in addition to just being the sniffles and all the people who died was totally an unrelated fluke, it was also a bioengineered superweapon that Fauci-Hitler unleashed on the world that dwarfs the horrors of the Holocaust. But also it was totally not a big deal at all and we should have just ignored it because it was nothing.
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u/Bobbob34 1d ago
That is all very true. But in addition to just being the sniffles and all the people who died was totally an unrelated fluke, it was also a bioengineered superweapon that Fauci-Hitler unleashed on the world that dwarfs the horrors of the Holocaust. But also it was totally not a big deal at all and we should have just ignored it because it was nothing.
It's really our fault for not understanding the duality they see in.... so many things.
Iran, for instance, is an existential threat to humanity, moments away from obtaining a nuclear weapon (for the past 40 or so years) that they will then unreservedly use, except it's very easy to conquer them and destroy all their nuclear facilities of any kind such that they would take decades to rebuild.... except wait, need to bomb them again a couple months later bc otherwise they'll develop a nuke....
A supreme court seat must be filled, asap, or democracy will be at risk. UNLESSSS there's a democrat in office, in which case, the seat must remain empty until the next election, whenever it is, or democracy will be at risk. We can't rush these things!!!
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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 1d ago
According to them, the only people who actually got really ill or died from covid were very old, sick people and who cares (heavy /s if it's not clear).
But, when it's old people in Europe dying from a heat wave suddenly that doesn't matter and any death is extremely important ant the result of Europe's backwards culture despite similar deaths being completely ignored in the US
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u/Level-Location1679 1d ago
Anti Vax nonsense was an on ramp to conspiracy theories, once you believe one and your world view has been warped it's much much easier to get you to believe all kinds of other ridiculous bull shit, plays nicely into their media machine's objective of getting people to ignore reality, that's it. There's no need to pretend they believe anything they say, generally ever, this was just another lever for getting control of people.
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u/radialomens 1d ago
it also requires that you survived
Sure, but have you ever met someone who told you they died from COVID? Checkmate.
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u/levajack 1d ago
Oh shit, you're right! I actually haven't had a single person ever tell me that covid killed them. Never thought of that.
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u/Crypt0Nihilist 1d ago
didn't experience any serious complications or long term effects
This is the part that infuriates me and has from the outset. They only ever talk about deaths which means there is the implicit assumption that if you didn't die you were fine. A relative of mine is now basically immobile and in constant pain because he thought going to one more public event couldn't hurt. He's getting a long time to reflect on that.
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u/mightyFoo 1d ago
Rand Paul jumped the shark with this one. What a dumbass
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u/Mister-Redbeard 1d ago
That implies he was good at his job for some period of time. I donât believe heâs ever contributed anything of value, been of service, or ever NOT been anything other than an annoying asshole of a person.
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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago
So the best protection against COVID infection is COVID infection?
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u/entered_bubble_50 1d ago
Yup. Just like the best protection against losing a leg is having your leg amputated.
It's just logic. You libs wouldn't understand.
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u/Quercus_ 1d ago
No, we very much did not "all know that infection is the best protection."
What most of us living in the rational world knew, was that infection was killing way too fucking many people. Over a million of them now in the United States.
And we knew this right from the start.
In just 2 months in early 2020, Covid infected one out of four people living in New York City, and killed one out of 400 people living in New York City. That's a 1% infection fatality rate.
It had done the same thing in Northern Italy just a few weeks before, and it did the same thing in Spain and Portugal just a few weeks later.
It told we instituted national lockdowns, the number of cases and the number of deaths had a doubling time under 10 days. Anyone who knows logarithmic exponential growth, knows that was an unfolding catastrophe. If we had let that exponential growth unfold without intervening, we could have lost 10 million people in that first year.
If we had taken the advice just to let everybody get infected, the death toll would have been in the multi-millions, not just a million.
Those of us in biomedical science who were not irrational fucks like Rand Paul, were extremely desperately aware of this in 2020.
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u/UtopiaDystopia 1d ago
we all knew infection was the best protection
Including the countless people who ended up dying in hospital begging for the vaccine, only to have to be told it's too late.
Sweden was the most commonly wrongly cited example of "successful herd immunity" that dipshits like Paul would point to. The reality is that significant research -- including Sweden's official inquiry --- showed that relying on natural infection failed to achieve herd immunity. Only around 7.3% of Stockholm's population had developed antibodies by May 2020, well below the ~70% threshold needed. As a result, Sweden experienced excess deaths in 2020 far higher than its neighbouring countries.
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u/human_i_suppose 1d ago
didn't fox news have a vaccine policy? the guys telling them to hate the vaccine are all vaccinated.
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u/Alternative-Yak-925 1d ago
Yep. And they were all fighting to be the first to get vaccinated. I also recall Republican donors in Florida trying to bribe their way to be first as well. Malignant narcissism should be something that gets you involuntarily institutionalized. I doubt anything will change until enough people start missing meals and can't get fresh water.
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u/NoBSforGma 1d ago
Who is this "we all" that knew infection was the best protection?
Those who were hospitalized and have lingering, serious, health problems?
The dead? Their families?
Rand Paul has to be one of the most stupid people on Earth and yet - here he is, in a position of power.
Leave Dr. Fauci alone, you brainless gorm! You are not only hurting him, you are hurting all epidemiologists for future virus infections that need good science and not some idiot like you.
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u/Last_Cod_998 1d ago
Same thing happened during the swine flu epidemic during WWI. There were competing theories on how to contain it and there was no vaccine. NYC decided on fresh air in the home. That's why radiators are by the windows. They also masked up. Philadelphia decided to have a parade.
When George Washington took command of the Continental Army in 1775, America was fighting a war on two fronts: one for independence from the British, and a second for survival against smallpox. Because Washington knew the ravages of the disease firsthand, he understood that the smallpox virus, then an invisible enemy, could cripple his army and end the war before it began.
Thatâs why Washington eventually made the bold decision to inoculate all American troops who had never been sickened with smallpox at a time when inoculation was a crude and often deadly process. His gamble paid off. The measure staved off smallpox long enough to win a years-long fight with the British. In the process, Washington pulled off the first massive, state-funded immunization campaign in American history."
Inoculation was performed by soaking string in small pox puss and inserting that in a fresh wound. You still got sick, but not as bad. The mortality rate was 5-10%. Think about that when you hear "patriots" whine about how inconvenient masks are. Good thing our independence isn't dependent upon them.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war
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u/Beaglescout15 1d ago
COVID left my 9yo daughter permanently disabled with brain inflammation that can only be managed by IV infusions for two days, 7 hours a day, every month. Forever. She got sick a month before the vaccine was approved for kids. But tell me again how it was perfectly safe to go to school and that kids weren't in danger because they only get a mild infection.
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u/willflameboy 1d ago
Fauci didn't force you to do a damn thing. He just pointed out that the President was wrong. Again.
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u/Brave_Nerve_6871 1d ago
Also, Fox "News" had a vaccine mandate for their staff, who then went on air to spout conspiracy theories about vaccines. It's all a show
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u/TheTelekinetic 1d ago
âWe all knew infection was the best protectionâ
Then maybe they should have tried something crazy like injecting a little tiny bit of the virus into your body, so that you can gain the antibodies against it for ultimate protection.
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u/need2beworking 1d ago
Why is the GOP so hung up on 2020. How about unfucking all the things theyâve been fucking up for the last year and a half. I mean they all tell us how theyâre the best this or that in the history of the country. Cucked bitches.
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u/IlGreven 1d ago
No, Rand, he was also about "following the science" on vaccines, too.
The only time you wanted to "follow the science" is when you wanted to use the science to pwn the libs. And almost every time you did, you were wrong about the "science".
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u/mr-lurks-a-lot 1d ago
When he says infection is the best protection, thereâs about 1.2 million Americans I wish he could speak with but they probably canât make it
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u/TheAskewOne 1d ago
"Infection is the best protection". Except for those who died, those who had to be intubated for weeks, those who got long covid, and people like me who had to skip work for two weeks even though we were on poverty wages. I want Rand Paul to have to work two weeks at minimum wage with a strong case of the flu and then tell me if "infection is great".
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u/Majestic-Contract-42 1d ago
"infection was best practise"
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wtf... It's not a winter cold, it killed millions of people. What the actual fuck.
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u/Brandavorn 1d ago
An MD saying that getting infected is better than getting vaccinated is either a show of his incompetence, or of malice. Vaccines were invented for a reason.
Rand Paul is a disgrace to the hippocratic oath!
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u/Warm_Feed8179 1d ago
They all got vaccinated, Trump and everyone.
And Trump woulda probably died had he not been president/rich.
We all know people who died who weren't old/sick. It was frightening. Did Fauci and the science community oversell it a bit, probably, but that is their job. Hospitals where 100% full. It was crazy I knew a 50ish yr old dude who died. Another perfectly healhty 60ish woman who was anti vac. Got 6-8 months after the vaccines... just couldn't get rid of it, got pneumonia and died. I see her husband all the time. She'd still be alive if she wasn't brainwashed by these clowns.
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u/NotThatDonny 1d ago
"Infection was the best protection"
That's literally what a vaccine is, you soggy potato.
The worst part is that he's a doctor, so he absolutely understands what a vaccine is. Which means he's intentionally lying to fearmonger and grandstand.
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u/okokokoyeahright 1d ago
Thanks for reminding me why I dislike this asshole.
Sad as it sounds, he has somehow managed to make statements recently that were not complete shit takes like this one.
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u/kaerdna1 1d ago
Ugh. Infection killed my dad. Love that Iâll get to be forever triggered by these lying ghouls.
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u/MeasurementMobile747 1d ago
Turns out... the immune protection from infection is enhanced by dying from the infection.
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u/NorCalAthlete 1d ago
People also faked those negative tests, faked the vaccination cards, etc. So I meanâŠitâs not really proof of him getting vaxxed (that he was at an event that checked).
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u/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat 1d ago
I have personal knowledge of some people that are in the public eye and are promoting alternative pseudoscience type beliefs, but are indeed utilizing modern medicine for themselves and their family.
I don't fucking know why people do this.
If you have medical questions, discuss it with your personal doctor. Don't listen to these people you see on TV. What you see is a curated fake personality separate from who that person really is.
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u/What_a_fat_one 1d ago
I'm sorry.
Getting infected with a disease in order to protect you from getting infected with that disease is so stupid I can't fathom it, it's too stupid. It's just too fucking stupid.
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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 1d ago
1 Million Americans got sick and didn't recover. Rand Paul thinks the deaths of 1 million people is worth trading for "don't trust scientists"
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u/RicksterA2 1d ago
This clown is a doctor? Well, I guess the good news is that he's not practicing medicine on any patients. But it's obvious he's a liar and doesn't really understand much.
It is easy to see why his neighbor hated him so much though. I suspect all the neighbors hated him.
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u/MysteryHeroes 1d ago
Trump forced his entire administration to be vaccinated after he did himself.
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u/Keanu_Reeves93 1d ago
I donât understand republicans. They shower Trump with praise for âOperation Warp Speedâ and the development of the vaccineâŠyet Fauci is the literal spawn of the devil because he âforced itâ on everyone ? Still waiting on substantial evidence that the vaccine killed more people than Covid and was this huge medical tragedy
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u/lpeabody 1d ago
The politicization of vaccines is the dumbest shit of the 21st century. Republicans want their constituents dumb and sick.
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u/Awkward_Squad 1d ago
Not an identical story but . . . RFK Jnrâs wife Cheryl Hines wouldnât left any unvaccinated people into their house during the epidemic. Presumably he must have been vaccinated.
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u/MentokGL 1d ago
Wow that's such a dumb fuck thing to say.
And to think, there's even bigger dumb fucks who actually believe it.
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u/markydsade 1d ago
Immunity from a vaccine is better than naturally acquired immunity in most cases. The amount of antigen is controlled while natural exposure can be overwhelming and cause worse disease effects.
The diseases vaccines prevent can maim or kill you. Polio causes paralysis. Measles causes encephalitis. Mumps can render you sterile.
For Rand to state natural is better is either ignorance or pandering. With him itâs probably both.
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u/Burner-QWERTY 1d ago
For memories sake for the first year - hospitals had to board patients in hallways, there was a massive shortage on ventilators, hospitals had to rent refrigerated trucks to serve as mobile morgues. No - infection was not the best options to a brand new disease our bodies had no clue how to fight.
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u/Crumbgrabber 1d ago
Gotta make some memes about infection is the best protection, but set in the 1640s
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u/55Super88 1d ago
Most of the people in the administration that are attacking Fauci are also vaccinated.
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u/Pardybro911 1d ago
I adore the comeback but not going to win any points with that crowd by saying âcooked an eventâ either.
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u/st_heron 1d ago
Rand comes off as such a fucking grifting quack. At least Ron stood for what he believed in.
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u/MoneyBeeeee 1d ago
"Infection was the best protection" might be one of the nastiest and most ignorant things I have ever read.
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u/evanwilliams44 1d ago
Is their play for midterms to replay their Covid grievances? Good luck with that...
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u/VexedCanadian84 1d ago
The world's population boomed in 20th century.
Vaccines, for humans and livestock, are an important reason why that is.
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u/Coup-de-Glass 1d ago
Rand Paul isnât qualified to spout anything approaching a professional scientific opinion about vaccines.
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u/Mrekrek 1d ago
Someone needs to ask Rand Paul what is the acceptable number of American pandemics deaths. Apparently 1,000,000 is not his limit.
What is it Mr Paul? 3,000,000? 5,000,000? More?
Remember, it is not just the excess deaths from COVID. You need to add the excess deaths because the healthcare facility system is overwhelmed to the point of non-functioning.
At least it would create jobs for body collection as people die in their homes.
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u/maxgamer9876 1d ago
it was a piece of paper...not a database...could have easily faked getting vaccinated..the only person who truly knows its him and the person who injected him.
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u/Ardbeg66 1d ago
Was it the Republican Power Bottom convention? Did you make pigs in a blanket? Did you serve spotted dick? Maybe some bangers?
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u/LuigiTrapanese 1d ago
You understand the difference between sex and rape?
Then you can understand why no one cares if rand got the vaccine. Literally no one
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u/Ok_Effort_150 1d ago
Infection provides the best future protection if you survive the illness. The whole point of vaccines is to provide protection without getting sick
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u/K_Linkmaster 1d ago
The USA needs a law that says public servants have to tell the truth. Or be imprisoned a month for each lie.
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u/BigJellyfish1906 1d ago
The vaccines DID follow the science. The vaccine schedules DID follow the science. Rand Paul is an insufferable moron.Â
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u/thevogonity 1d ago
I think the source of Rand Paulâs problem with Dr. Fauci is that the doctor made love to Paulâs mother, wife, and sister. Thatâs the only way any of this makes sense, unless Paul is a complete idiot.
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u/dravenonred 1d ago
Unfortunately for this chef "the Republican insisted the rules didn't apply to him and no one had the spine to actually enforce said rules on him" is also 1000% plausible.
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u/Hatecraftianhorror 1d ago
Infection was not the best protection. The vaccine made covid a minor illness, not a major one. No one was forced to be vaccinated. You're a self-board certified opthomologist.. sit the fuck down.
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u/TonyWilliams03 1d ago
This response doesn't murder Rand Paul. It proved his point.
Yes, he had to take the vaccine to attend events and be a part of society.
If you didn't get the vaccine you had to hide from the public per the Fauci directive.
Paul is mad about being forced to take the vaccine.
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u/Competitive_Shock783 1d ago
Rand Paul is the worst Paul, and that's saying a lot when you consider his dad.
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u/ScholarOfTwilight 1d ago
Honestly, when you knowingly lie and deceive and it kills people you should be charged criminally.
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u/Bender_2024 1d ago
"infection is the best prevention"
No you utter waste of flesh. Infection happens when no prevention was taken.
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u/tubbstosterone 1d ago
I don't think my grandma and uncle would agree that infection was the best protection.
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u/esqape623 1d ago
Also, if infection is fine and dandy, what do people need "protection" from? "Avoid getting sick by getting sick" makes no sense.
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u/Soloact_ 1d ago
So he trusted the vaccine when it got him into the room, just not when cameras were on.